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Sec. 16-53. Conditions constituting public nuisances.
<br />(a) In addition to what is declared in this article and Code to be a public nuisance, those offenses which are known to the common law and the Statutes of Indiana as public nuisances
<br /> may, when found to exist within the City limits, be treated as such and be proceeded against as provided in this article and Code, or in accordance with any other provisions of law.
<br /> Wherever the word "nuisance" is used in this article it refers to a public nuisance.
<br />(b) No owner, occupant, tenant, or any other person having a substantial interest in any real or personal property within the City, or any agent thereof, shall permit or allow to remain
<br /> on or within such property or upon public ways abutting such real property any materials, trash, garbage, debris or any other matter which is detrimental to public health, comfort,
<br /> safety or to the aesthetic well-being of the community.
<br />(c) The following conditions shall be considered to constitute public nuisances for the purpose of this chapter:
<br />(1) Litter.
<br />(2) Fallen trees stumps, dead trees, cut brush, fallen or cut limbs.
<br />(3) Boxes, appliances, household items and tires.
<br />(4) Demolition remains.
<br />(5) Open excavations, uncovered or improperly covered holes, whether lined or unlined, and dirt piles on any open or unfenced real property within the City.
<br />(6) Accumulated garbage and trash.
<br />(7) Automobile parts, disassembled automobiles, automobiles without engines, plumbing and piping materials and parts, scrap metal, unseaworthy or dilapidated boats, dilapidated, deteriorated,
<br /> or nonoperable jet skis, snowmobile, motorcycles, bicycles, trailers or mopeds.
<br />(8) Structures defaced with paint or wording.
<br />(9) Any portion of real property or any personal property which emits an unwholesome odor.
<br />(10) Any waste water, filth, offal, garbage, rubbish, animal waste, human excrement, which is deposited, allowed or caused to be upon any public or private property.
<br />(11) Any water or any other substance which is caused or permitted to flow onto or be deposited upon any public property or public way, except natural surface water drainage.
<br />(12) Any dead animal or animal parts.
<br />(13) The erection of a dam or any other obstruction by a private party which prevents the natural flow of water and causes it to collect in pool upon any public property.
<br />(14) Any real or personal property which is infected with contagious disease or is likely to cause an immediate health hazard.
<br />(15) The placing or accumulating on or within any real or personal property or the permitting of same, of any matter which attracts or may attract rodents, insects, domestic or wild
<br /> animals in such a manner as to create a health hazard or unsanitary or dangerous condition.
<br />(16) Any real or personal property, used as a place of residence or habitation or for sleeping, that is maintained in such a way as to be dangerous or detrimental to life or health due
<br /> to lack of or defects in water, drainage, heat, electricity, plumbing, ventilation or garbage and trash removal.
<br />(17) The storage of any explosive, combustible or other material which creates a safety or health hazard.
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